Valar Atomics, a startup building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — essentially miniaturized, factory-built power plants designed to be cheaper and faster to deploy than…
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No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling |
It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking…
AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M |
In Brief Posted: 9:08 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile…
Exclusive: Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service |
Sheryl Sandberg has led a $10 million investment into Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup that is also backed by former Tesla president Jon McNeill’s…
Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’ |
While the rest of the AI industry races to label its work as “AGI” or “superintelligence,” Alexandre LeBrun, the CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model…
Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you |
The race to build the next AI interface is crowded with startups. The Sandbar ring, Plaud’s AI pin and desktop notetaker, and Pocket’s credit card-sized…
Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant |
Applied Computing, a London-based startup that’s building a foundation AI model for the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry, has raised a $20 million Series A…
Lululemon backs nylon-recycling startup Syntetica in $30M Series A |
Activewear company Lululemon has invested in the $30 million Series A round raised by Syntetica, a French startup that developed a novel approach to recycling…
Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M |
In Brief Posted: 12:46 PM PDT · July 15, 2026 Neko Health, the body-scanning and health assessment startup founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek (pictured above,…
Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations |
Livestream shopping app Whatnot announced Wednesday that it has acquired Shaped, a machine learning company that specializes in real-time recommendation and search systems. The deal…